ZOMBIELAND - Zombie-Killing Fun

I had almost no expectations entering ZOMBIELAND. Which was a good thing.

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ZOMBIELAND is a fun movie. It doesn't take itself too seriously, introduces a funny, scary world overrun with the undead, and gives us four characters we can care about populating it. It pulls smart moves almost every step of the way, from pairing up a guy afraid of everything with one who knows no fear to having them meet up with two wily women to giving us truly imaginative zombie kills (including dropping a piano on a zombie and lopping off zombie parts while riding a roller coaster). It even features an awesome and spot-on cameo by Bill Murray.

Most importantly, ZOMBIELAND shows that you can take a truly played-out genre like zombie movies and do something new with it. It also shows that imagination and solid characters can elevate even the most hardened genre material to something much more.

I don't really have any complaints or suggestions for the ZOMBIELAND script -- it does what it sets out to do, with a lot of humor and some heart.